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Zirtual

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personal assistants • executive assistants • concierge • virtual assistants • delegation

201 - 500

💰 $650k Debt Financing on 2015-07

Description

• Zirtual is a work-life balanced company that offers law firms practice area specific, experienced virtual paralegals. • Our US-based paralegals strive to meet and exceed attorney-client needs and expectations. • The paralegal is the main point of contact with their assigned client(s) and will work independently with the law firms. • The paralegal will receive support from their assigned Account Supervisor, who will assist the paralegal & law firm relationship. • The paralegal will provide a high-level professional service by working on tasks and projects as assigned by the client. • The paralegal must have consistent and proactive communication with clients and the Account Supervisors. • Paralegals ensure time is entered on a daily basis using a provided tool, respond to all communication. • Paralegals are expected to have a minimum of 3 years of experience handling the below outlined duties. • When offered a client, you will be provided with a Statement of Work that outlines the pay rate for the specific client. • Areas of practice include Document Drafting, Discovery Assistance, Legal Research, Filing & eFiling, Trial Support, etc. • They will also provide Legal Assistant support such as file management and organizational support.

Requirements

• Virtual paralegals are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times, cognizant of the nature of the business relationship and customer service expectations. • Exceptional communicators, allowing their clients to feel comfortable that deadlines are being met, clients are taken care of, and that they can trust your commitment to their firm. • Organized and self-sufficient, able to self-manage their workload, prioritize tasks and meet or exceed deadlines. • Technologically Proficient, willing and able to navigate new case management systems and softwares depending on the firm. • Detail oriented, ensuring all work product turned into the client is generally free from errors, especially minor “oversight” errors. • Solution based, knowing when they need to leverage their resources to find the answers, while also knowing when it makes more sense to ask the client for guidance or more instruction. • Minimum 3 years of experience handling paralegal work as outlined above (ideally a steady three years in your practice area(s)) • Experience working remotely • Home office set up, reliable computer, WiFi, phone • Extensive experience within case/transaction management and drafting softwares (practice area dependent) • Experience with standard office softwares, Microsoft 365 products, Google, etc. • Available during business hours Monday-Friday, unless otherwise arranged based on specific client needs and tasks. • Preferred working independently at least part-time

Benefits

• You will be compensated as a 1099 independent contractor. • When matched out of our preferred network, and depending on your practice area, you can expect to earn a minimum of $28 per hour for paralegal work. • You can expect to earn $20 per hour for legal assistant work. • Pay is dependent on client plan size, area of practice and need.